Firm and Provider News

The U.S. firm of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (K&L) and the English firm of Nicholson Graham & Jones (NGJ) have announced that their partners have voted in favor of a combination that will become effective on January 1. The combined firm will be known as Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP.
Once the combination is finalized,...

PLI-Corpedia, the web-based, interactive e-learning company, has announced that it has implemented its 250th client.
Corporate scandals, Sarbanes-Oxley, and changes in the Federal Sentencing Guidelines have propelled the need for workforce-wide legal compliance training to the forefront of issues facing organizations in America.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has announced that Lisa Cuevas has joined the firm as director of global diversity. In this position, Ms. Cuevas is responsible for enhancing and overseeing the firm's diversity and inclusion initiatives.

The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP represented Fonkoze Financial Services in structuring an international offering to investors interested in promoting social and economic development in Haiti, including an offering by a domestic limited liability company to high net worth American investors.
The offering closed on September 13....

The firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has announced the opening of a new office in Shanghai in the Peoples Republic of China.
Steven Xiang will be joining the firm as managing partner of the Shanghai office.
The Shanghai office will initially focus on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity and international securities offerings....

The Boston Bar Association has announced that Holland & Knight LLP is the recipient of the BBA's 2004 Thurgood Marshall Award in recognition of the firm's extraordinary pro bono contributions.
BBA President M. Ellen Carpenter presented the award at the BBA Annual Meeting Luncheon on September 22. J.D. Smeallie, the firm's pro bono partner, accepted...

Mark A. Montana, a member of the Somerville, NJ-based law firm of Norris, McLaughlin & Marcus, P.A., has been elected to the board of directors of the Rotary Club of Somerville and Bridgewater for the 2004-2005 year.
Mr. Montana is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the...

Cozen O'Connor has announced that firm member Denise H. Houghton has transferred from the insurance department to the firm's health law practice group, expanding the firm's ability to represent the full range of profit and nonprofit health care organizations in all types of transactional and regulatory matters, and health care-related litigation.

S. Gerald Litvin, considered by many to be the dean of the Philadelphia trial bar, is joining the firm of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP in the new position of senior counsel.
Mr. Litvin has tried more than 200 cases to verdict and has trained more than 1,000 trial lawyers in the art of courtroom persuasion. He has a national reputation as a trial...

In response to the 2003 Amendments to Uniform Commercial Code Article 2-Sales and Article 2A-Leases, LexisNexis Matthew Bender has announced the publication of a new title, Analysis of the 2003 Amendments to Uniform Commercial Code Articles 2 and 2A.
Written by two leading figures in the process to amend Articles 2 and 2A, Henry Deeb Gabriel and...

Cricket Technologies, a national e-forensics and discovery company serving corporate counsel and law firms, has announced the selection of Dr. Bruce V. Hartley to serve as the company's Chief Technology Officer.
Dr. Hartley is a recognized expert in electronic forensics and security. He has more than 22 years of senior managerial experience in...

Legal Media Group has named Holland & Knight LLP America's leading law firm in shipping and maritime law. According to independent research carried out by the Legal Media Group (LMG), Holland & Knight has more independently verified shipping legal experts than any other American firm.
The firm's New York partners Juan Anduiza, Nancy Hengen,...

Retired Chief U.S. Magistrate Judge James R. Melinson has joined JAMS, The Resolution Experts. He will be based in the company's new Resolution Center at 1700 Market Street where his title will be Chief of Arbitration and Mediation Services, JAMS Philadelphia.
Judge Melinson, who while on the bench devoted much time and energy to settling cases, began...

Cricket Technologies, a national e-forensics and discovery company serving corporate counsel and law firms, has announced the selection of Dr. Bruce V. Hartley to serve as the company's Chief Technology Officer.
Dr. Hartley is a recognized expert in electronic forensics and security. He has more than 22 years of senior managerial experience in developing...

Legal Media Group has named Holland & Knight LLP America's leading law firm in shipping and maritime law. According to independent research carried out by the Legal Media Group (LMG), Holland & Knight has more independently verified shipping legal experts than any other American firm.
The firm's New York partners Juan Anduiza, Nancy Hengen,...

Marc A. Lieberstein has been named a Partner of the firm. Mr. Lieberstein is a member of the firm's Intellectual Property and Technology Practice Group and is located in Pitney Hardin's New York office. His practice focuses on intellectual property litigation in the areas of patents, trademarks and copyrights, including related e-commerce, domain name,...

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP (K&L) has been selected to receive CIOmagazine's annual CIO 100 Award, given to 100 companies for their advancements, innovations and leadership in business and technology.
K&L, the only law firm to earn this mention for three consecutive years, is being recognized for its role as an agile enterprise-defined by...

Richard L. Morningstar, a former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union and adviser to the president and the State Department during the Clinton Administration, has joined the Boston office of the national law firm Nixon Peabody LLP as Senior Counsel and will be a member of the firm's Business Practice Group.

Proskauer Rose LLP has announced it has formed a new Law Firm Advisory Practice Group, which will provide full-service representation to law firms. The group includes a substantial number of lawyers from the firm's labor, corporate and litigation departments who have extensive experience representing and advising law firms in employment matters, ethical...

LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell has announced the introduction of its Lawyers.com Affiliate Program, an initiative that enables qualified organizations around the world to add the lawyers.com attorney search engine to their own web sites in just minutes and at no cost. After filling out a simple online contract, third party affiliates can access the lawyers....

The firm of Sills Cummis Epstein & Gross P.C. has announced the expansion of its Health Care and Labor & Employment Practice groups in New York City with the arrival of a team of lawyers formerly with Phillips Nizer.
The new team is headed by James M. Franks who joins Sills as a partner in both the Labor & Employment Practice Group and the...

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP has announced that Alexander J. Hadjis has joined the firm's Washington, DC office as a partner and will be responsible for building and leading a patent litigation practice in that office.
Mr. Hadjis specializes in patent litigation, with particular expertise in actions before the International Trade Commission. He joins...

Integrity Interactive has announced that it has opened an office in London, expanding its European base, which includes a location in Brussels. The new London office will allow Integrity Interactive to enhance its service to clients based in the UK and provides yet another gateway for Integrity Interactive into Europe.
Headquartered in Waltham, MA,...

The American Arbitration Association (AAA) has announced that Elizabeth J. Shampnoi has been promoted to New York district vice president.
Ms. Shampnoi will be responsible for developing and maintaining relationships with the AAA's Advisory Council, Board of Directors, and panelists, promoting the benefits of the AAA's conflict management services to...